Maximized Minimalist Podcast

If you've ever set up a gorgeous organizing system only to watch it fall apart two weeks later, Cas is about to explain exactly why! We get into landing zones, fridge organization, her paper system, command centers, a kitchen setup trick that's all about moving your feet less (trust me on this one), and her famous "crap catcher" bin, which might be the most genius thing I've heard all year! Fair warning: you're going to want to reorganize something the second this episode ends, enjoy!
🎯 Find Your Organizing Style: Free Quiz from Cas → clutterbug.me/what-clutterbug-are-you-test
📩 Join the Internet's Most Fun Declutter Newsletter: Ready, Set, Simplify → home.katyjoywells.com/simplifynewsletter
🧡 Join Clutter Cure Club: The Only Membership Designed to Keep Your Home Clutter-Free For Good → home.katyjoywells.com/cluttercureclub
📚 Order My Book, Making Home Your Happy Place → home.katyjoywells.com/declutterwithouttheoverwhelm
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Here's something that *genuinely* surprised me when I started decluttering years ago: only a SMALL percent of what's sitting on most kitchen counters is actually CLUTTER. The rest is something else entirely...which is exactly why clearing it off never seems to stick. In this episode I'll walk you through what's really landing there and exactly what to do with each one, so your counters can finally stay clear for longer than a day!
We chat about:
🩺 The medical misdiagnosis that made me realize we do the exact same thing to our homes
🔍 The four main categories that land on all of our counters (and why only one of them is true clutter)
🧺 My favorite habit for the biggest pile, the question I ask every client about their countertop appliances, and where to put the mail so it never reaches your counters
Enjoy!
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🎯 Take the free Decluttering Style Quiz + get your custom 3-step action plan → home.katyjoywells.com/quiz
📩 Join the Internet's Most Fun Declutter Newsletter: Ready, Set, Simplify → home.katyjoywells.com/simplifynewsletter
🧡 Join Clutter Cure Club: The Only Membership Designed to Keep Your Home Clutter-Free For Good → home.katyjoywells.com/cluttercureclub
📚 Order My Book, Making Home Your Happy Place → home.katyjoywells.com/declutterwithouttheoverwhelm
📲 Follow me On Insta → instagram.com/katyjoywells

Does the thought of decluttering feel exhausting before you've even started? Do we *really* need marathon weekends and big purges to do this "right"? And how do you make actual progress in a season where getting dinner on the table already feels like a lot? I'm answering all of it in today's episode, plus the exact questions and strategies to use so you can keep making progress, even on the days you've got nothing left.
🌬️ AirDoctor Air Purifier → home.katyjoywells.com/airdoctor (use code MAX for $250 off)
🧡 Join Clutter Cure Club: The Only Membership Designed to Keep Your Home Clutter-Free For Good → home.katyjoywells.com/cluttercureclub
🎯 Take the free Decluttering Style Quiz + get your custom 3-step action plan → home.katyjoywells.com/quiz
📩 Join the Internet's Most Fun Declutter Newsletter: Ready, Set, Simplify → home.katyjoywells.com/simplifynewsletter
📚 Order My Best-Selling Book, Making Home Your Happy Place: A Real-Life Guide to Decluttering without the Overwhelm → home.katyjoywells.com/declutterwithouttheoverwhelm
📲 Follow me On Insta → instagram.com/katyjoywells

If your closet feels cluttered & frustrating and you can't figure out why, this episode might be the reason.
In this episode:
👗 What a vintage jacket taught me about the power we give to sizing
🪞 The connection between body image and closet clutter that nobody talks about
💬 What happened when a friend refused to buy the next size up
🧠 Why understanding that "it's just a number" never actually fixes the feeling
🎯 Take the free Decluttering Style Quiz + get your custom 3-step action plan → home.katyjoywells.com/quiz
📩 Join the Internet's Most Fun Declutter Newsletter: Ready, Set, Simplify → home.katyjoywells.com/simplifynewsletter
🧡 Join Clutter Cure Club: The Only Membership Designed to Keep Your Home Clutter-Free For Good → home.katyjoywells.com/cluttercureclub
📚 Order My Book, Making Home Your Happy Place → home.katyjoywells.com/declutterwithouttheoverwhelm
📲 Follow me On Insta → instagram.com/katyjoywells

The shift from summer to school is one of the biggest rhythm changes your family goes through all year - let's head into it with more ease!
In this episode:
🧹 The four resets that help bring your home back to baseline before the school year piles on
🚪 How to set up your drop zone (and secondary drop zone) so getting out in the morning stops being the hardest part of your day
📄 The uber-simple paper system to handle the flood of school papers
🛒 Do this before back-to-school shopping (it saves me hundreds $$$ every single year!)
🫧 Aqua Tru Water Purifier → https://home.katyjoywells.com/aquatru (use code MAX for 20% off)
🎯 Take the free Decluttering Style Quiz + get your custom 3-step action plan → home.katyjoywells.com/quiz
📩 Join the Internet's Most Fun Declutter Newsletter: Ready, Set, Simplify → home.katyjoywells.com/simplifynewsletter
🧡 Join Clutter Cure Club: The Only Membership Designed to Keep Your Home Clutter-Free For Good → home.katyjoywells.com/cluttercureclub
📚 Order My Book, Making Home Your Happy Place → home.katyjoywells.com/declutterwithouttheoverwhelm
📲 Follow me On Insta → instagram.com/katyjoywells